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WATERLOO, a small town and two chapelries in Sephton parish, Lancashire. The town stands on the coast, and on the Liverpool and Southport railway, 4 miles N by W of Liverpool; is frequented as a watering-place; comprises fine terraced rows of houses, and some good streets; and has a post-office‡ under Liverpool, a r. station with telegraph, three hotels, a town hall in the classic style, built in 1862 at a cost of nearly £5,000, two churches in the early English style, one of them built in 1866 at a cost of £4,500, an Independent chapel in the decorated English style, built in 1866 at a cost of £5,000, a Wesleyan chapel in the decorated English style, built at a cost of £3,000, and a national school for boys and girls. The chapelries are Christchurch and St. John; the former constituted in 1842,-the latter in 1865. Pop. of the former, 2,046; of the latter, not returned. The livings are p. curacies in the diocese of Chester. Values, not reported. Patrons, Trustees.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a small town and two chapelries" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Waterloo |
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